Ch5CADStandards

y NeedforCADdatastandardization
y Understandthegraphickernelsystemandits
extensionsfordevelopingthegraphicsoftware
systems.
y Requirementsofgraphicdataexchangeformats
andtheirdetailssuchasIGES,DXFandSTEP.
y Dimensionalmeasurementinterfacespecification
forcommunicationbetweencoordinatemeasuring
machineandtheCADdata.

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y GKS (GraphicalKernelSystem)
y PHIGS (Programmer'sHierarchicalInterfaceforGraphics)
y CORE (ACMSIGGRAPH)
y GKS3D
y IGES (InitialGraphicsExchangeSpecification)
y DXF (DrawingExchangeFormat)
y STEP (StandardfortheExchangeofProductModelData)
y DMIS (DimensionalMeasurementInterfaceSpecification)
y VDI (VirtualDeviceInterface)
y VDM (VirtualDeviceMetafile)
y GKSM (GKSMetafile)
y NAPLPS (NorthAmericanPresentationLevelProtocolSyntax)

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y The main objectives that were put forward
for GKS are:
Toprovidethecompleterangeofgraphical
facilitiesin2D,includingtheinteractive
capabilities,
Tocontrolalltypesofgraphicdevicessuchas
plottersanddisplaydevicesinaconsistent
manner,
Tobesmallenoughforavarietyofprograms.

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y GKS3D
y PHIGS
y NAPLPS

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y IGESisthemostcomprehensivestandardandis
designedtotransmittheentireproductdefinition
includingthatofmanufacturingandanyother
associatedinformation

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 PTC IGES file: inpart.igs S 1
1H,,1H;,1H1,10Hinpart.igs, G 1
49HPro/ENGINEER by Parametric Technology Corporation,4H9741,32,38,7,38, G 2
15,1H1,1.,1,4HINCH,32768,0.5,13H970430.104743,0.000396166,3.96182, G 3
6Hmjiang,7HUnknown,10,0,13H970430.104743; G 4
124 1 1 1 0 0 0 001000000D 1
124 0 0 1 0 XFORM 1D 2
100 2 1 1 0 0 1 001010000D 3
100 0 0 1 0 ARC 1D 4
110 5 1 1 0 0 0 001010000D 9
110 0 0 1 0 LINE 1D 10
126 23 1 1 0 0 0 001010000D 35
126 0 0 23 0 B_SPLINE 1D 36
128 333 1 1 0 0 0 001010000D 109
128 0 0 5 0 SPLSRF 1D 110
102 338 1 1 0 0 0 001010000D 111
102 0 0 1 0 CCURVE 1D 112
142 392 1 1 0 0 0 001010500D 119
142 0 0 1 0 UV_BND 1D 120
144 393 1 1 0 0 0 000000000D 121
144 0 0 1 0 TRM_SRF 1D 122

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y ThebroadscopeofSTEPisasfollows:
Thestandardmethodofrepresentingthe
informationnecessarytocompletelydefinea
productthroughoutitsentirelife,i.e.,fromthe
productconceptiontotheendofusefullife.
Standardmethodsforexchangingthedata
electronicallybetweentwodifferentsystems.

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yTheDXFformathasbeendevelopedandsupported
byAutodeskforusewiththeAutoCADdrawingfiles.

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y DimensionalMeasurementInterfaceSpecification
(DMIS)isanewstandardincommunicationbeing
establishedbyCAMIformanufacturing.

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y Function: Specifiesacircularitytolerancefora
feature,andassignstoitalabel.
y Format: T(label)=TOL/CIRLTY,tolzon,var_1,F(label)
y var_1 canbe:MMC or:LMC or:RFS
y label isanalphanumericlabelassignedtothe
tolerance,andisupto10charactersinlength.

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 TOLZON

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 y Graphickernelsystemisusedtostandardizethegraphic
systemcallingproceduresatthelowestlevelsothat
programmersandprogramscanbeeasilymigrated
betweendifferentsystems.
y TheneutralCADdatabaseisanimportantrequirementto
helpwiththetransferofinformationbetweenvarious
CAD/CAMsystems.
y IGES(InitialGraphicsExchangeSpecification)isusedfor
transferringinformationbetweenvariousCADsystemsfor
modelingaswellasdraftingdata.

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 y STEP(StandardfortheExchangeofProductModelData)
isbeingusedextensivelyinviewofitsvariedandbetter
facilitiesforexchangingproductmodeldata.
y DXFdevelopedbyAutodeskisusedforlowerend
draftingandmodelinformationexchange.
y DMIS(DimensionalMeasurementInterfaceSpecification)
isusedfortransferringinformationbymeasuringina
coordinatemeasuringmachineandtransferittotheCAD
systemforverificationaswellasreverseengineering.

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